Javonte Williams or Chris Olave: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Javonte Williams at 17.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 46 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 11 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 12 times for 30 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 19 times for 62 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 21 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 1.6 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 and Chris Olave WR6, which are two different ladders.

Javonte Williams is a running back and Chris Olave a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Chris Olave in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Chris Olave is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.